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Ichthyophis (Asian caecilian)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ichthyophiidae

Taxonomy
Ichthyophis was named by Fitzinger (1826). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ichthyophiidae by Frank and Ramus (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Ichthyophis Fitzinger
1996Ichthyophis Frank and Ramus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—GymnophionomorphaMarjanović and Laurin 2008
orderGymnophionaRafinesque 1814
—Apoda(Oppel 1810)
familyIchthyophiidae
genusIchthyophisFitzinger 1826

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Ichthyophis Fitzinger 1826 [Asian caecilian]
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Ichthyophis bannanicus Yang 1984 [Mangla county caecilian]
Ichthyophis glutinosus Linnaeus 1758 [Ceylon caecilian]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available